羧酸稀土配合物共聚反应的研究

通过沉淀法和直接法制备羧酸稀土配合物，与丙烯酸等单体共聚反应制备不同稀土含量的稀土有机高分子离聚物。用微量热天平(TG)、差热分析仪(DTA)等分析它的热稳定性以及玻璃化转变温度，用红外光谱分析其结构。讨论了用不同方法合成的稀土配合物对共聚反应和聚合物性能的影响。结果显示直接合成羧酸稀土配合物有利于共聚物性能的稳定和稀土含量的调节。     

手性主链液晶离聚物的液晶性能

以6,6'-二羟基麦芽糖六乙酸酯(MA)、4,4'-对羟基联苯酚(MB)、2,5-二羟基苯甲酸(MC)、癸二酰氯(SD)为单体,采用溶液缩聚的方法合成了主链液晶离聚物.通过红外光谱、差示扫描量热及偏光显微等手段,研究了MC含量对液晶离聚物性能的影响.结果表明:液晶聚合物均为热致胆甾型,随MC含量的增加,其玻璃化转变温度、熔点和清亮点呈上升趋势,液晶相逐渐被破坏,羧酸离子的引入没有改变聚合物的液晶相类型.     

反相气相色谱测定聚合物玻璃化转变温度

反相气相色谱(IGC)是近年发展起来的测试高聚物结构性能的新方法之一,可以测定聚合物的玻璃化转变温度、结晶动力学、相容性及热氧化反应等。本文着重研究了探针选择、探针用量、载气流速及聚合物用量等条件对测定极性聚合物聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)Tg的影响,并提     

聚合物薄膜玻璃化转变及其分子松弛行为的研究进展

随着纳米技术的发展,受限聚合物的玻璃化转变以及分子松弛行为受到了高分子物理学家的关注.由于纳米尺度效应,高分子薄膜的玻璃化转变以及分子松弛行为偏离于本体,呈现出尺寸依赖性.研究聚合物薄膜的玻璃化转变及其相关分子松弛行为对聚合物纳米材料的结构设计,进一步理解聚合物玻璃化转变的物理本质具有重要意义.本文总结了近20年来聚合物薄膜玻璃化转变行为的研究成果,介绍了薄膜分子松弛行为偏离本体的主要物理机制、聚合物薄膜分子运动能力的深度分布特征以及薄膜分子松弛行为的相关理论模型,并对该领域研究进行了展望.     

离聚物及其共混体系的研究3.基于配位络合的增容作用

通过将苯乙烯(S)与少量的甲基丙烯酸(MAA)或马来酸酐(MA)共聚及甲基丙烯酸正丁酯(nBMA)与4-乙烯基吡啶(4-VP)共聚,从而在聚苯乙烯(PS)及聚甲基丙烯酸丁酯(PBMA)链上分别引入了功能基团羧酸基(-CO-OH)、酸酐基(-CO-O-CO-)和吡啶基(-N)。通过与锌盐作用获得相应的离聚物(Ionomer)。用红外光谱(IR)表征了共聚物和离聚物的形成;差热分析(DSC)测定共聚物、离聚物和共混物的玻璃化转变温度(Tg)。研究结果表明,随着共聚物中功能基团含量的增加或者共聚物形成离聚物后,其玻璃化转变温度(Tg)提高了;而共聚物的共混物因羧酸基与吡啶基间的质子转移作用而提高了相容性。特别是在引入Zn~(2+)的共混物中,增容作用十分明显,这可归结于BMAVP中的吡啶基和SMAA-Zn~(2+)(或SMA-Zn~(2+))中的Zn~(2+)间的配位络合作用的贡献。     

轻度磺化聚苯乙烯与聚苯乙烯共混物的流变性能表征

采用DSR-200动态应力流变仪研究了磺化度为0.98%(摩尔分数)的轻度磺化聚苯乙烯(SPS)离聚物及其锌盐(ZnSPS)与聚苯乙烯(PS)的共混物(PS/SPS,PS/ZnSPS)的流变性能.由于离聚物中离子聚集的物理交联作用,使其流变性能与PS相比有明显差别.动态频率实验结果表明,所有样品均可采用时温等效处理.另外,在与分子链运动相关的低频区,由于离子聚集的作用使得离聚物的模量远大于PS的模量.离聚物在稳态剪切作用下,由于离子聚集的破坏而表现出明显的屈服现象,并能用Utracki的屈服应力公式表征其屈服应力和零切粘度.此外,离聚物的屈服现象还与温度相关.由于动态和稳态实验分别测试离子聚集存在和破坏的不同材料状态,因此对离聚物无法应用Cox-Merz规则.动态和稳态实验结果均表明,PS/SPS和PS/ZnSPS的性能与组成的变化规律不同,意味着二者之间存在不同的离子聚集结构或相互作用.     

用TMS—2型热机分析仪测量热释蠕变

对已经商品化的Perkin-Elmer TMS-2型热机分析仪进行改进,用来测量聚合物材料的热释蠕变行为。按照7SCr分步加载的程序,用弯曲法测量了-83～300℃温度范围内低密度聚乙烯的玻璃化转变松弛过程,并从TSCr谱上计算其相应的分子参数,实验结果与用扭转的TSCr方法所得结果相等,因此这是一种研究聚合物材料松弛行为的方便可行的技术。     

反相气相色谱法研究端羟基聚丁二烯与溶剂的热力学相互作用

反相气相色谱法(IGC)在聚合物研究中的应用已有综述。端羟基聚丁二烯(HTPB)是一种低聚物,广泛用于涂料、密封剂、固体火箭推进剂、聚合物共混改性等方面。目前,关于HTPB物理化学性质的研究较少,HTPB与溶剂的热力学相互作用的研究尚无报道。本文用IGC法研究HTPB与正戊烷等六种溶剂的热力学相互作用。为得     

含液晶离聚物共混体系的研究进展

液晶离聚物(liquid crystalline ionomers,LCIs)是一种具有液晶性能的离聚物,也可以说是带有离子基团的液晶聚合物.将液晶离聚物与其它热塑性聚合物熔融共混时,其既能起到液晶聚合物的高模量、高强度作用,同时也具有离子的增容剂作用.本文论述了液晶离聚物在共混体系中的研究进展.按照液晶离聚物所含离子的不同,论述了含有-COOH,-SO3H和≡N+ 的液晶离聚物对共混体系的增容和增强作用.考察了液晶离聚物对共混体系热力学性能、形态结构和力学性能的影响.     

阴离子型离聚物的研究进展

参考近年来文献资料,总结了磺酸型、羧酸型、膦酸型等阴离子型离聚物的合成方法,对离聚物的几种重要聚集态结构模型进行了介绍,对于文献报道的各种模型在应用方面的不足之处也进行了总结。对于离聚物形态结构,介绍了有关微相分离方面的研究以及利用电镜技术得到的新突破。在离聚物的溶液性质方面,介绍了溶液粘度和溶剂作用的相关研究。对于离子对含量和类型等因素对离聚物力学性能和玻璃化转变温度的影响进行了总结,最后指出了离聚物尚需进一步研究的问题。     

Characterization and evaluation of commercial poly (vinylidene fluoride)‐g‐sulfonatedPolystyrene as proton exchange membrane

The possibility of developing low‐cost commercial grafted and sulfonated Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF‐g‐PSSA) membranes as proton exchange membranes for fuel cell applications have been investigated. PVDF‐g‐PSSA membranes were systematically prepared and examined with the focus of understanding how the polymer microstructure (degree of grafting and sulfonation, ion‐exchange capacity, etc) affects their methanol permeability, water uptake, and proton conductivity. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to characterize the changes of the membrane's microstructure after grafting and sulfonation. The results showed that the PVDF‐g‐PSSA membranes exhibited good thermal stability and lower methanol permeability. The proton conductivity of PVDF‐g‐PSSA membranes was also measured by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy method. It was found that the proton conductivity of PVDF‐g‐PSSA membranes depends on the degree of sulfonation. All the sulfonated membranes show high proton conductivity at 92°C, in the range of 27 to 235 mScm⁻¹, which is much higher than that of Nafion212 (102 mScm⁻¹ at 80°C). The results indicated that the PVDF‐g‐PSSA membranes are particularly promising membranes to be used as polymer electrolyte membranes due to their excellent stability, low methanol permeability, and high proton conductivity.     

Negatively charged poly(vinylidene fluoride) microfiltration membranes by sulfonation

Negatively charged PVDF microfiltration membranes were prepared using direct sulfonation with chlorosulfonic acid. The effect of sulfonation on the surface chemical properties, morphology, pore size distribution, hydrophilicity, water uptake, pure water flux, fouling and rejection were investigated. As the sulfonation reaction time was furthered, the degree of sulfonation and ion-exchange capacity increased and the membranes became more hydrophilic due to introduction of sulfonyl groups to the membrane surface. Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the composition of sulfonyl group with respect to sulfur concentration increased with time. From the SEM and porosity measurements, both the untreated and treated membranes did not reveal a substantial change in its morphology. The pure water flux increased significantly having a decreasing intrinsic resistance trend with degree of sulfonation. Both fouling phenomena and rejection were enhanced, with fouling of charged poly(styrene sulfonic acid) molecules on the surface-modified membrane decreased and rejection values increased with increasing degree of sulfonation mainly due to the effective electrostatic repulsion between the negatively charged PSSA and the negatively charged membrane.     

Composition dependence of glass transition temperature of sulfonated-polystrene ionomers

The glass transition temperatures of alkali (Na, K, Rb, Cs) and alkaline-earth (Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg) ionomers of sulfonated polystyrenes (PSSA) with 3.4, 6.9, 12.7, and 16.7% of the styrene moieties sulfonated are reported. For the alkali-metal PSSA ionomers, T_g depends on the degree of sulfonation, at least up to 13%, but not strongly on the nature of the cation. For the alkaline-earth analogs T_g does not depend strongly on either the cation or the degree of sulfonation until the 16.7% level is reached. These and other reported data are discussed in terms of the role of cations in determining morphology.     

Adsorption of volatile organic compounds onto carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, and high-surface-area graphites

The adsorption of different alkanes (linear and cyclic), aromatics, and chlorohydrocarbons onto different nonmicroporous carbons--multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanofibers (CNFs), and high-surface-area graphites (HSAGs)--is studied in this work by inverse gas chromatography (IGC). Capacity of adsorption was derived from the isotherms of adsorption, whereas thermodynamic properties (enthalpy of adsorption, surface free energy characteristics) have been determined from chromatographic retention data. HSAGs present the highest adsorption capacity, followed by CNTs and CNFs (although CNTs present an intermediate surface area between the two HSAG studied). Among the different adsorbates tested, benzene exhibits the highest adsorption capacity, and the same trend is observed in the enthalpy of adsorption. From surface free energy data, enthalpies of adsorption of polar compounds were divided into dispersive and specific contributions. The interactions of cyclic (benzene and cyclohexane) and chlorinated compounds (trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and chloroform) with the surfaces are mainly dispersive over all the carbons tested, CNTs being the material with the highest dispersive contribution, as was deduced also from the entropy parameter. Adsorption parameters were correlated with morphological and chemical properties of the materials.     

Rediscovering the problem of interpretation of chromatographically determined enthalpy and entropy of adsorption of different adsorbates on carbon materials. Critical appraisal of literature data

Adsorbate-adsorbent and adsorbate-adsorbate interactions having decisive influence on the distribution of adsorbate between gas-solid phases in inverse gas chromatography (IGC) have been thermodynamically explained. Specific retention volumes, second adsorption virial coefficients and Kováts retention indices, likewise their dependencies on column temperature, T, number of carbon atoms, n(C) (or methylene groups CH(2)) and mutual ones have been briefly presented. The results of the molar differential enthalpy and entropy of adsorption obtained for different carbon materials employing inverse gas chromatography have been collected and interpreted. An attempt has been made to elucidate abnormal behaviour of the specific and net retention volumes, the second adsorption virial coefficients and the Kováts retention indices, e.g., the magnitudes on which the values of the afore-mentioned thermodynamic values have been determined and compared. The detailed analysis of the errors associated with the experimental parameters necessary for calculating retention volumes, second adsorption virial coefficients and Kováts retention indices has been presented.     

Comparative study on the gas-phase adsorption of hexane over zeolites by calorimetry and inverse gas chromatography

The scope of this work is to carry out a systematic comparison of inverse gas chromatography (IGC) and microcalorimetry as tools for the study of the gas-phase adsorption of organic vapours (using hexane as model compound) on zeolitic materials (using different Mn, Co and Fe-exchanged NaX and CaA zeolites). Adsorption isotherms were recorded using both techniques in the temperature range of 150-250 degrees C, being observed that the shape of the isotherms obtained with the dynamic (IGC) and static (microcalorimetry) techniques was surprisingly similar in the pressure range at which both techniques are applicable (low surface coverages). Concerning to the measurement of the strength of the adsorption, calorimetric data provide two parameters related to the adsorption enthalpy: the initial differential heat and the isosteric adsorption enthalpy. A great coincidence was found between the last one and the adsorption enthalpy determined by IGC (4-20% of difference, depending on the studied material). The behaviour of the initial differential heat depends strongly on the studied material, being in some cases closely related to the other two parameters and temperature-independent (in the case on Mn-exchanged zeolites), whereas for the Co-CaA and Fe-CaA zeolites, it is temperature-dependent, being not correlated with the other parameters in this case. The main conclusion of this work is that IGC is an attractive alternative to the static microcalorimetric data for obtaining information on the adsorption of organic compounds on microporous materials.     

Mordenite-incorporated PVA–PSSA membranes as electrolytes for DMFCs

Composite membranes with mordenite (MOR) incorporated in poly vinyl alcohol (PVA)–polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA) blend tailored with varying degree of sulfonation are reported. Such a membrane comprises a dispersed phase of mordenite and a continuous phase of the polymer that help tuning the flow of methanol and water across it. The membranes on prolonged testing in a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) exhibit mitigated methanol cross-over from anode to the cathode. The membranes have been tested for their sorption behaviour, ion-exchange capacity, electrochemical selectivity and mechanical strength as also characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Water release kinetics has been measured by magnetic resonance imaging (NMR imaging) and is found to be in agreement with the sorption data. Similarly, methanol release kinetics studied by volume-localized NMR spectroscopy (point resolved spectroscopy, PRESS) clearly demonstrates that the dispersion of mordenite in PVA–PSSA retards the methanol release kinetics considerably. A peak power-density of 74 mW/cm² is achieved for the DMFC using a PVA–PSSA membrane electrolyte with 50% degree of sulfonation and 10 wt.% dispersed mordenite phase. A methanol cross-over current as low as 7.5 mA/cm² with 2 M methanol feed at the DMFC anode is observed while using the optimized composite membrane as electrolyte in the DMFC, which is about 60% and 46% lower than Nafion-117 and PVA–PSSA membranes, respectively, when tested under identical conditions.     

Thermodynamics of Adsorption ofn-Alkanes on Maleated Wood Fibers by Inverse Gas Chromatography

The adsorption ofn-heptane,n-octane,n-nonane, andn-decane on untreated wood fiber and wood fiber treated with maleated polypropylene was studied by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) at infinite dilution or zero surface coverage. The specific retention volume increased with increasing probe chain length, decreased with increasing column temperature, and increased with increasing maleated polypropylene concentration. The enthalpy of adsorption increased with increasing chain length of the probe vapors. The enthalpy of adsorption remained constant after the treatment of wood fiber. The London dispersive component of the surface free energy decreased with the column temperature and showed no dependency with either the type of wood fiber or the maleated polypropylene concentration.     

Surface characterization of industrial fibers with inverse gas chromatography

Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) was applied for the determination of the surface characteristics of Tenax carbon fibers and Akzo Nobel Twaron fibers. Furthermore, IGC procedures for the determination of dispersive and acid-base interactions were validated. The data show that too high values for the dispersive component of the surface energy are obtained when the adsorption area occupied by a single adsorbed n-alkane molecule is estimated from parameters of the corresponding liquid. Comparable values are obtained when the Doris-Gray methodology (area per methylene unit) or measured probe areas are employed. For the fibers studied in this work meaningful Gibbs energy values of the acid-base interaction were only obtained with the polarizability approach. When the dispersive interaction of the polar probes with the fiber surface was scaled to the n-alkane interaction via surface tension, the boiling point, or the vapor pressure of the probes often negative acid-base interaction energies were found. From the temperature dependence of the Gibbs energy, the enthalpy of the acid-base interactions of various probes with the carbon and Twaron aramid fibers was determined. However, from these enthalpy values no meaningful acid-base surface parameters could be obtained. Generally, the limited accuracy with which these parameters can be obtained make the usefulness of this procedure questionable. Also the Gibbs energy data of acid-base interaction can provide a qualitative basis to classify the acidity-basicity of the fiber surface. This latter approach requires only a limited data set and is sufficiently rapid to enable the use of IGC as a screening tool for fibers at a production site. For several polar probes significant concentration effects on carbon fibers were observed. At very low probe loadings the interaction with the fiber surface suddenly increases. This effect is caused by the heterogeneity of the interaction energy of the active sites at the surface. A simple procedure to measure the adsorption isotherm at infinite dilution was developed. The determination of the concentration dependence of the interaction of an n-alkane, an acidic and a basic probe was incorporated in the IGC screening procedure of carbon fibers to monitor this heterogeneity.     

Solvent effects on the retention of oligosaccharides in porous graphitic carbon liquid chromatography

Porous graphitic carbon (PGC) is known as well suited adsorbent for liquid chromatography of carbohydrates. In this work we report on systematic investigations of solvent effects on the retention mechanism of fluorescence labeled malto-oligosaccharides on PGC. The adsorption mechanism was found to depend on the type of organic modifier used in the mobile phase. Positive adsorption enthalpies and entropies, which have already been reported in the literature, were solely produced using acetonitrile. Both alternative solvents (tetrahydrofuran, 2-propanol) yielded in contrast negative enthalpies. As plausible retention mechanism for oligosaccharides on PGC applying acetonitrile as mobile phase component we propose the formation of a dense and highly ordered solvation layer of the PGC surface with the linear acetonitrile molecules. Adsorption of analyte molecules requires a displacement of numerous acetonitrile molecules, which explains the positive enthalpy and entropy values measured. The interplay of enthalpic and entropic contributions to the overall adsorption phenomena results in strongly temperature dependent chromatographic selectivity values.